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Monday, May 4, 2009

LAPIS Best Paper Award

An award of $300 will be offered to the best paper on political institutions presented at the Montreal conference. The award committee will be formed by Cynthia McClintock (Chair, George Washington University), Ryan Carlin (Georgia State University), and Patricio Navia (Universidad Diego Portales).Please e-mail the proposed paper, together with a short note of nomination, to: mcclin@gwu.edu, polrec@langate.gsu.edu, patricio.navia@udp.clThe deadline to nominate papers is May 11, 2009. The selection will be announced on June 5.